CJEU ruling in case C-77/24 (Wunner) clarifies player claims against directors in unlicensed iGaming – with limited impact on Germany.

German case law clarifies when influencer marketing for iGaming is lawful, outlining strict conditions, risks and growing legal certainty for operators.

For more than five years, German courts have been dealing with lawsuits to reclaim losses from online gambling.

Not everything that is popular on the internet and is fun to do is gambling or needs to be strictly regulated. However, one sometimes gets the impression that this is precisely what the Inter-State Treaty on Gambling has in mind, or at least that this is how it is understood:

In the current digital landscape, Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) deployment comes with bold promises: more streamlined and therefore more efficient operations, real-time risk management, smarter decision-making...

When Germany’s Interstate Treaty on Gambling (Glücksspielstaatsvertrag) came into force on July 1, 2021, it was presented as a turning point for the regulation of online gambling.

Hambach & Hambach law firm is proud to once again contribute to The Legal500’s Country Comparative Guides in the area of Gambling Law.

As described by our Austrian colleagues from the law firm RAPANI, the District Court of Hermagor/Austria has classified Lootboxes in the form of so-called "FIFA Packs" from the FIFA video games as games of chance...

Der Glücksspielstaatsvertrag 2021 stellt einen Paradigmenwechsel hinsichtlich der Regulierung der Werbung für Glücksspiele dar und hat das grundsätzliche Werbeverbot und den gesonderten Erlaubnisvorbehalt des Vorgängerstaatsvertrags abgeschafft.

Obwohl seit Inkrafttreten des neuen Glücksspielstaatsvertrags 2021 zum 1. Juli 2021 für Erlaubnisinhaber zur Veranstaltung virtueller Automatenspiele auch das Antragsverfahren auf Erlaubnis einzelner Automatenspiele eröffnet ist...

Well over 1000 gamblers have filed lawsuits in Germany against online gambling providers based in Malta over the past two years.

Düsseldorf - Hambach & Hambach successfully represented two clients against prohibition orders from 2019, issued under the former Interstate Treaty on Gambling by (inter alia) the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.